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Taiwan couple in same-sex Buddhist wedding Two women tied the knot on Saturday in Taiwan’s first same-sex Buddhist wedding, a move rights groups hope will help make the island become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage. Fish Huang and her partner You Ya-ting, both wearing traditional white bridal gowns, said “I do” in front of a Buddha statue and exchanged prayer beads rather than rings in a monastery in Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan. Nearly 300 Buddhists chanted sutras to seek blessings for the couple, both aged 30. Shih Chao-hui, a female Buddhist master who presided over the ritual, hailed it as a historic moment. “We are witnessing history. The two women are willing to stand out and fight for their fate… to overcome social discrimination,” said Shih, a well-known advocate for social justice.

Taiwan couple in same-sex Buddhist wedding

Two women tied the knot on Saturday in Taiwan’s first same-sex Buddhist wedding, a move rights groups hope will help make the island become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage.

Fish Huang and her partner You Ya-ting, both wearing traditional white bridal gowns, said “I do” in front of a Buddha statue and exchanged prayer beads rather than rings in a monastery in Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan.

Nearly 300 Buddhists chanted sutras to seek blessings for the couple, both aged 30.

Shih Chao-hui, a female Buddhist master who presided over the ritual, hailed it as a historic moment.

“We are witnessing history. The two women are willing to stand out and fight for their fate… to overcome social discrimination,” said Shih, a well-known advocate for social justice.

#taiwan      #gay marriage      #lgbtq      #news     
June 5th
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reuters: The ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for the Supreme Court to consider California’s gay marriage ban, declining an appeal to revisit the case. Supporters of the 2008 ban have lost two rounds in federal court but have made clear they will appeal to the Supreme Court and hope for a favorable response from the conservative court. DEVELOPING: Prop 8 case looks to be headed to Supreme Court

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The ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for the Supreme Court to consider California’s gay marriage ban, declining an appeal to revisit the case.

Supporters of the 2008 ban have lost two rounds in federal court but have made clear they will appeal to the Supreme Court and hope for a favorable response from the conservative court.

DEVELOPING: Prop 8 case looks to be headed to Supreme Court

#gay marriage      #lgbtq rights      #prop 8      #this is a landmark case      #really hope the scotus doesn't fuck this up      #good on the 9th circuit court of appeals     
May 31st
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reuters: A federal appeals court in Boston found on Thursday that a U.S. law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples in a ruling that promises to push the issue of gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The ruling on the 1996 law, the Defense of Marriage Act, marked a victory for gay rights groups and U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration announced last year it considered the law unconstitutional and would no longer defend it. READ MORE: Court says marriage law discriminates against gay couples 

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A federal appeals court in Boston found on Thursday that a U.S. law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples in a ruling that promises to push the issue of gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

The ruling on the 1996 law, the Defense of Marriage Act, marked a victory for gay rights groups and U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration announced last year it considered the law unconstitutional and would no longer defend it.

READ MORE: Court says marriage law discriminates against gay couples 

#boston      #federal appeals court      #doma is unconstitutional      #discrimination      #gay marriage      #news     
May 21st
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#louis ck      #stand up      #gay marriage      #he embodies the indignation most of us have when it comes to self-righteous asswipe preachy types      #why do you give such a fuck you homophobic asshole     
May 20th
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"Gay marriage is not a threat to heterosexual marriage. It is time for us to put that argument behind us. You cannot separate the issue of civil rights. It is one of those absolute, immutable principles. You’ve got to have not just civil rights for some, but civil rights for all of us."

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) in 2009.

The NAACP, on its historic decision to embrace marriage equality yesterday: ”We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law.”

#John lewis      #Gay marriage      #Equal rights      #Marriage equality      #Naacp     
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The board of the N.A.A.C.P. voted to endorse same-sex marriage on Saturday, putting the weight of the country’s most prominent civil rights group behind a cause that has long divided some quarters of the black community.

The largely symbolic move, made at the group’s quarterly board meeting in Miami, puts the N.A.A.C.P. in line with President Obama, who endorsed gay marriage a little over a week ago. Given the timing, it is likely to be viewed as both a statement of principle as well as support for the president’s position in the middle of a closely contested presidential campaign.

All but two of the organization’s 64 board members, who include many religious leaders, backed a resolution supporting same-sex marriage, according to people told of the decision.

Borrowing a term used by gay right’s advocates, the resolution stated: “We support marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.”

In a statement, Roslyn M. Brock, chairwoman of the board, said that “we have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law.”

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The New York Times, “NAACP Endorses Same-Sex Marriage”
#ny times      #naacp      #gay marriage      #equal rights      #marriage equality      #news     
May 9th
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thedailywhat: Breaking News of the Day: Obama Backs Gay Marriage: President Obama publicly announced his support for gay marriage in an interview today with Robin Roberts, ABC News is reporting. The president had come under fire this week for remaining mum on the subject after Joe Biden and Arne Duncan became the second and third members of his Cabinet to declare their support of same-sex marriage. [abc]

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Breaking News of the Day: Obama Backs Gay Marriage: President Obama publicly announced his support for gay marriage in an interview today with Robin Roberts, ABC News is reporting. The president had come under fire this week for remaining mum on the subject after Joe Biden and Arne Duncan became the second and third members of his Cabinet to declare their support of same-sex marriage.

[abc]

#barack obama      #gay marriage      #news      #politics      #this is good      #and long overdue honestly      #this election's really gonna be a clusterfuck     
February 7th
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"Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California."
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
#news      #gay marriage      #ban ruled unconstitutional     
January 25th
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"It doesn’t have any effect on your life. Why the fuck do you care? People try to talk about it like it’s a social issue. ‘How am I supposed to explain to my child that two men are getting married?’ I don’t know, it’s your shitty kid, you fuckin’ tell ‘em. Why is that anyone else’s problem? Two guys are in love but they can’t get married because you don’t want to talk to your ugly child for fuckin’ five minutes?"
Louis C.K. on gay marriage
#louis ck      #gay marriage